Rock and Roll : It's History and Stylistic Development

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For courses in Rock (or Pop) Music for the (non-music) major; also for American Popular Music/Culture courses. Specifically geared to the non-music major, this text covers the history of rock music from its roots to its most recent trends, with the emphasis on rock as a musical style. It deals with each musical parameter (rhythm, harmony, melody, form, texture) as it applies to rock music, and provides thorough historical detail and social context for the various rock styles presented.

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Introduction

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Why Study Rock?

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(1)

Why This Book?

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(2)

Before We Begin: A Liberal View of Rock History

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(2)

The Roots of Rock

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Overview: The Early Fifties

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(2)

Pop Music

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Musical Close-Up: The Elements of Music

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(7)

Country and Western

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(2)

Musical Close-Up: Instrumentation in Rock and Roll

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Rhythm and Blues

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(1)

Musical Close-Up: The Twelve-Bar Blues

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The Emergence of Rock and Roll

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Overview: Crossovers and Covers

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(2)

Bill Haley and the Comets

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Elvis Presley

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(7)

Musical Close-Up: Rhythm in Early Rock and Roll

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Rock and Roll: Fifties Style

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Overview: Three Basic Trends Emerge

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Little Richard

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(4)

Fats Domino

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Chuck Berry

58

(2)

Jerry Lee Lewis

60

(3)

Buddy Holly

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(3)

Others in the 1950s

66

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The Industry

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Musical Close-Up: Is Soft Rock Really Rock?

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Transition: The Early 1960s

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Overview: The Fragmentation of the Market

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(3)

The Beginnings of the Folk Music Trend

83

(5)

Surfing Music

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The Dance Craze

92

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Musical Close-Up: Musical Texture and the Beach Boys

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(4)

The Beatles

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(48)

Overview: Revolution within a Revolution

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(2)

The Early Beatles

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Beatlemania---American Style

108

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The Middle Period: Experimentation

111

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The Later Beatles: Revolution

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(15)

Musical Close-Up: The Technical Side of the Beatles' Music

133

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The British Invasion

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(29)

Overview: The British Are Coming!

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(2)

The Rolling Stones

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(16)

All the Others

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(4)

Musical Close-Up: The Musical Style of the Rolling Stones

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(7)

Folk Music and Folk Rock

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(20)

Overview: The Youth Generation of the 1960s

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(2)

Bob Dylan

177

(5)

The Byrds

182

(2)

The Mamas and the Papas

184

(2)

Simon and Garfunkel

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(2)

Other Folk Rockers

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(3)

Musical Close-Up: The Song Style of Bob Dylan

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Soul and Motown

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Overview: Soul Music: Its Definition and History

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(3)

Atlantic and Stax

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Aretha Franklin

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(2)

James Brown

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Motown

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Diana Ross and the Supremes

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(2)

Musical Close-Up: Melody and the Soul Singer

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(4)

San Francisco

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(20)

Overview: America Counters the British Invasion

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The Jefferson Airplane

225

(2)

The Grateful Dead

227

(3)

Janis Joplin

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(2)

Other San Francisco Groups

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(1)

Acid Rock Outside San Francisco

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Musical Close-Up: The Art of Improvisation

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Jazz Rock

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(16)

Overview: A Tale of Sibling Rivalry and Its Resolution

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Blood, Sweat, and Tears

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Chicago

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Other Jazz Rock Groups

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Musical Close-Up: An Analysis of ``Symphony for the Devil/Sympathy for the Devil'' (Blood, Sweat, and Tears)

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Art Rock

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Overview: Rock as a ``Legitimate'' Musical Vocabulary

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Rock with Orchestra

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Rock Operas and Theatrical Works

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Nontheatrical Art Rock by Unaccompanied Rock Groups

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Musical Close-Up: An Analysis of ``Karn Evil 9'' by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer